Wagon-seat



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J. GLEIGH. WAGON SEAT.

- Patented Aug. 9,1881.

UNITED 'ra rns JACOB GLEIOH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WAGON-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,478, dated August9, 1881.

Application filed April 18, 11: 81.

To all whom 1t may concern Be it known that I, JACOB GLnron',ot'Oolumbus, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagons made with elevated spring-seats andsprings under the foot-boards, and more especially adapted to wagonscommonly called beer-wagons, as used by brewers and others.

The object of my invention is to construct wagons with spring-seats andspring footboards, so that the seat-sprin gs and foot-board springs willoperate in unison and on each other. This I do by forging ironseat-supports, which are fastened to the bottom, one on each side of thewagon, at one end, and the other end ofeach supportis forked, each forktermin ati u g in eye-bearings to receive the rod or bolt which passesthrough the semi-elliptic springs of the seat, and by forging an arm oneach seat-sup port, with ears for receiving the eyes of the foot-boardsprings, to which the foot-board springs are attached by bolts passingthrough the bolt-holes in the eyes and ears, and then connecting theseat andfoot-board with braces, so that when either the seat orfoot-board springs are operated the others must operate in unison, andin supplying these braces with forged arms for supporting the top.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my invention.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation of sufficient of a wagon to show my invention. Fig. 3 ispartial plan view of the arm 1" 7c.

Similar letters of reference are used in all figures.

F represents front part or end of a body of a wagon.

B B represent the iron scat-supports, on which the seat His supported.The lower ends of the supports are fastened to the bottom, one on eachside of the wagon, by means of bolts or otherwise, and are braced withbraces 13 i, Fig. 2. The upper end of each support B B is forked, asshown at 3 3 Fig. 2, each fork terminating in eye-bearings to receivethe rod or bolt 0, which passes through the eyes of the semi-ellipticsprings m m of the seat H. Each seat-support B has an arm, 'l 70, forgedon, as

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represented at a a, Fig. 1. These arms 0X- tend toward the center of thewagon any desired distance, to wit, about one-third the width of thewagon, (see Fig. 1,) then form an elbow with the end is, Fig. 2,extending forward parallel with the plane of the foot-board, on whichthe foot-board springs s s are fastened by means of ears forged on thepart k of the arms 1" 70, which receive the eyes of the semi-ellipticfoot-board springs s s, to which the foot-board springs s s are fastenedby bolts passing through the bolt-holes in the said eyes and ears, asshown in Fig. 2, and more fully shown in Fig. 3, where, looking down onthe seat-support B, the part i is shown as extended toward the center ofthe wagon, then forming an elbow. The part It forms the part to whichthe springs s s are attached.

a is a brace to support the part 79 of the arm a k.

c, Fig. l, is a brace to support the part a" of the brace r k.

The arms 7' It thus formed not only act as supports for the springs s s,but form a platform or guard under thefoot-board, and in case ofaccident caused by the breaking of the springs would prevent thefoot-board from giving entirely away, and thus prevent the driver fromfalling.

I do not limit myself to the exact shape of the braces B B, forks y y,and arms 0" is, for they can be forged in many desirable shapes to suitthe tastes and fancies of mechanics and others; but I think whenconstructed as herein shown anddescribed all the ends desired areobtained. These ends are the main features embodied in the first part ofmy invention.

H represents an ordinary wagon-seat, secured to the semi-ellipticsprings in m in the usual way, and connected to the seat-supports B B,as hereinbefore shown and described.

J represents a foot-board, to which the semielliptic springs s s areattached in the usual way.

A A represent braces, attached at one end to the bottom of the seat H bymeans of bolts or other device, and shaped so that they form theplatform for the foot-board J, and to which the foot-board is fastenedby means of rivets or other device. The braces A A connect the seat Hand the foot-board J, and form the combination between the seat-springsm m and foot-board springs s s, and the springs m m and s s are therebyoperated in unison. One set cannot operate without giving the samemotion to the other set, and are thereby equalized. I thereby secure anequal movement of seat and foot-board, which could not be ohtainedwithout the braces A A. The strain and weight being shared alike by theseat and foot-board springs, they can be made of like temper andelasticity. I thereby overcome the 'diflioulties heretofore experiencedby drivers of wagons with stationary foot-boards or wag ons withfoot-boards with springs not operating in unison with the seat-springs.A further advantage in using the braces A A is in the event either aseat spring or springs or foot-board spring or springs break the braceswill support and take the place of the part broken, and thereby presentthe seat or footboard from giving entirely away and precipitating thedriver.

I prefer two springs under the seat and two under the foot-board, andthey may be either elliptic, semi-elliptic, or any other desired shapeor style of spring; but nearly the same result can be obtained by usingmy braces in combination with one, two, or more springs springfoot-board and spring-seat I prefer the kind herein shown and described.

I am aware that the combination, broadly, of a spring-seat and springfoot-board the springs of which are so arranged that in operation theytend to sustain and equalize each other is old; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Thecombination, in a wagon, of a springseat, a spring foot-board, brace orbraces A, and supports B, by which the said seat and foot-board areconnected, mutually supported, and the action of their springsequalized, substantially as described.

2. Theseat-supports B,provided with forked ends y, and armsrk,substantially as described.

3. The combination of the foot-board, supports B, and arms 0' k,substantially as described.

41.. The combination of the seat springs and supports B, connected bythe bolts or. rods 0, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the spring-seat and spring to it-board, braces A,supports B, and the intermediate braces and arms, 1" k, c, n, and t,substantially as described.

JACOB GLEIOH.

Vitnesses W. B. PAGE, JAsON W. FIRESTONE.

